Feels contempt toward
Despises is the third-person singular of despise, meaning to regard with contempt or intense dislike.
Someone who despises another considers them beneath respect or worthless: She despises people who lie.
The feeling runs deeper than dislike—it carries moral judgment or scorn: He despises everything his father stands for.
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Feels contempt toward
Despises is the third-person singular of despise, meaning to regard with contempt or intense dislike.
Someone who despises another considers them beneath respect or worthless: She despises people who lie.
The feeling runs deeper than dislike—it carries moral judgment or scorn: He despises everything his father stands for.
1. contempt — loathes, Feels intense disgust; detests (Intensely dislikes); abhors (Feels intense revulsion toward); scorns (Regards with contempt); disdains · reviles · spurns · hates · deplores · denounces · rejects · condemns · dismisses · rebuffs
emotional valence toward a person or thingdespises ≠ loves Feels deep affection for; adores · admires · cherishes · reveres · treasures
intensity of feelingdespises ≠ tolerates Permits without approval
despise, despised, despising, despiser, despisers
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